Next week is the beginning of a massive anti-trust case in Washington. The federal government takes on AT&T over their acquisition of Time Warner. The government sued to block the deal in November saying its bad for consumers. AT&T claims blocking the transaction is denying consumers the kinds of vertically integrated products you can get from Comcast/NBCU, Netflix, Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook plunged to its worst loss in four years Monday and led a rout in technology companies. The social media company's stock fell following reports that a data mining firm working for the Trump campaign improperly obtained data on 50 million Facebook users.

Facebook plunged to its worst loss in four years Monday and led a rout in technology companies. The social media company's stock fell following reports that a data mining firm working for the Trump campaign improperly obtained data on 50 million Facebook users.

My theme for the five major U.S. equity averages is that the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite must lead. It has as evidenced by a fresh all-time high set at 7,637.27 on March 13. The problem is that March 13 was also a daily ‘key reversal’ day as the index closed below its March 12 low of 7,563.44.

___ Trump's possible China tariffs bring loud protests — in US President Donald Trump is considering sweeping tariffs on imports from China, with an announcement possible as early as next week. And that ...